Baltimore Baseball

Last season, the Delmarva Shorebirds featured the first group of prospects signed by the Orioles senior director of international scouting, Koby Perez. Now, it’s Year 2, and the Single-A team again features a roster of Latin American prospects. Seventeen of the 30 players on Delmarva’s roster are Latin American, and the Shorebirds’ manager is again Felipe Alou Jr., who is in … [Read more...] about Minor Monday: Alou likes Delmarva’s prospects; Basallo’s 1st season; Orioles’ 7-foot pitcher

CHICAGO—The cue should have come at the end of spring training when Orioles executive vice president/general manager Mike Elias emphasized that 2023 wasn’t going to be like any other. Elias believes these Orioles are a playoff team, and that last season’s 7-14 April record set them behind. When Elias was announcing Grayson Rodriguez’s demotion to Triple-A Norfolk, which turned … [Read more...] about Orioles aren’t worried about Rays’ hot start; Watkins ready for new role

CHICAGO—Five batters into his third major league start, Grayson Rodriguez was teetering. The Orioles were down, 4-0. Rodriguez stiffened and held the Chicago White Sox scoreless over the next four innings. The Orioles were able to crawl back into the game, and with a three-run eighth, recorded a series win in brutal conditions. At game time, the temperature was 43 degrees and … [Read more...] about Orioles beat White Sox, 8-4: Rodriguez settles in after rough start; Mullins has 4 RBIs

CHICAGO—For the second day in a row, catcher Adley Rutschman had the big hit for the Orioles. On Thursday, his ninth-inning home run won the game for the Orioles. A night later, his seventh-inning double keyed the Orioles’ comeback win. For the first six innings, the Orioles were held scoreless on one hit and five walks by Mike Clevinger. In the seventh, they finally broke … [Read more...] about ‘Superman’ Rutschman delivers again in 6-3 Orioles win over White Sox; Cano clutch in relief

CHICAGO—The Orioles had so many chances to score. They walked 10 times, were just 1-for-14 with runners in scoring  position, and left 13 runners on base. They also made three errors and dropped their first extra-inning game of the season. The Orioles lost a sloppy 7-6 game in 10 innings to the Chicago White Sox before an announced crowd of 32.091 at Guaranteed Rate Field on … [Read more...] about Orioles lose to White Sox, 7-6, in 10 innings; Urías in concussion protocol